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Driving in the snow creates problems in accuracy. Slipping, sliding, and missing your mark are real considerations while driving even if the amounts are not monumental. It’s not all that different photographing in the snow, even if the physics differs significantly. Because snow represents a solid interface between the camera and subject, autofocus is frequently unreliable. The camera may try to focus on the wall of falling white rather than the subject. Switching to manual focus is probably the best way of ensuring that the subject of the photo is sharp, and the snow, just added pleasure. #Moose
An F-35A drops two Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs over China Lake Weapon Impact Range, California. This weapons test was one in a series of tests performed with the F35’s latest 3F software. Over the 31 calendar day “surge” period, the team accomplished 30 weapon releases (live fires and separations). Learn more: lmt.co/2bgiOa5. Lockheed Martin photo by Darin Russell.
Hey everyone! I’m back at college now and was waiting for my first class (a criminal justice and society course-something I intend to draw from for accuracy in my writing, which is what I tend to do with most classes) when I realized I have just passed 200 followers. At first, I planned to post the new All New Robin I have ready but then was hit with a bit of news that actually hit me pretty hard: David Bowie, the Starman himself, passed away due to a not previously released battle with cancer less than a week after releasing his newest album (which, as it turns out, deals almost exclusively with death and acceptance of it, which makes the entire situation sting more).
Since I was a kid I’ve been listening to the singer’s amazing work from Ziggy Stardust to Earthling and beyond, with each new song of his I encounter instantly becoming my new favorite. As I listen to the YouTube playlist I am compiling of his work it’s made me think of just how many amazing songs he has performed: Space Oddity, Heroes, Starman (featured perfectly in The Martian), Cat People (featured perfectly in Inglorious Basterds), Modern Love, Let’s Dance, Fame, Under Pressure, Changes, Moonage Daydream (featured perfectly in Guardians of the Galaxy), Something in the Air (featured perfectly in American Psycho), and my personal favorite of them all: The Man Who Sold the World (I mean, I did name a volume of Red Hood after that song, and it’s in my top five favorite songs ever written/performed of all time without a doubt).
With thoughts of celebrating reaching 200 followers and the passing of one of my favorite artists of all time I thought I would combine the two into a celebration of Mr. Bowie while giving a sincere thank you to all who’ve stuck around through hiatuses upon hiatuses with my work. I may not be delivering hit after hit like the Starman once did, however I intend to work just as hard while immortalizing him through my writing and hopefully using his music in films I may work on in the future.
As always, thanks for reading, and below I will provide links to all of the songs I mentioned above so that you may too enjoy the work of a true music titan.
Space Oddity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP6xBFyA_aw
Heroes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3SjCzA71eM
Starman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRcPA7Fzebw
Cat People: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWX_MFNOL_Y
Modern Love: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJCBYUKMvMQ
Let’s Dance: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4d7Wp9kKjA
Fame: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_30HA7rec
Under Pressure: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUW_8cWG7YA
Changes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl3vxEudif8
Moonage Daydream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFDj3shXvco
Something in the Air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh1eUFbMo-A
The Man Who Sold the World: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSH--SJKVQQ
R.I.P. David Bowie
This black-tailed godwit (Dutch: Grutto) was standing in a grassland near Heerde (The Netherlands). I noticed that these birds have many different facial expressions. Sometimes cool or mean, a second later touching or curious.
This is straight from the camera, apart from a B&W conversion, no other photoshop trickery. The building is one of many in the financial district of London, quite close to the Gherkin & Lloyds insurance building.
I couldn't believe my luck when I noticed this plane appearing in the view finder, just had to wait for the right moment!
The Don (Russian: Дон) is the fifth-longest river in Europe. Flowing from Central Russia to the Sea of Azov in Southern Russia, it is one of Russia's largest rivers and played an important role for traders from the Byzantine Empire.
Its basin is between the Dnieper basin to the west, the lower Volga basin immediately to the east, and the Oka basin (tributary of the Volga) to the north. Native to much of the basin were Slavic nomads.
The Don rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres (37 mi) southeast of Tula (in turn 193 kilometres (120 mi) south of Moscow), and flows 1,870 kilometres to the Sea of Azov. The river's upper half ribbles (meanders subtly) south; however, its lower half consists of a great eastern curve, including Voronezh, making its final stretch, an estuary, run west south-west. The main city on the river is Rostov-on-Don. Its main tributary is the Seversky Donets, centred on the mid-eastern end of Ukraine, thus the other country in the overall basin. To the east of a series of three great ship locks and associated ponds is the 101-kilometre (63 mi) Volga–Don Canal.
History
According to the Kurgan hypothesis, the Volga-Don river region was the homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans around 4,000 BC. The Don river functioned as a fertile cradle of civilization where the Neolithic farmer culture of the Near East fused with the hunter-gatherer culture of Siberian groups, resulting in the nomadic pastoralism of the Proto-Indo-Europeans. The east Slavic tribe of the Antes inhabited the Don and other areas of Southern and Central Russia. The area around the Don was influenced by the Byzantine Empire because the river was important for traders from Byzantium.
In antiquity, the river was viewed as the border between Europe and Asia by some ancient Greek geographers. In the Book of Jubilees, it is mentioned as being part of the border, beginning with its easternmost point up to its mouth, between the allotments of the sons of Noah, that of Japheth to the north and that of Shem to the south. During the times of the old Scythians it was known in Greek as the Tanaïs (Τάναϊς) and has been a major trading route ever since. Tanais appears in ancient Greek sources as both the name of the river and of a city on it, situated in the Maeotian marshes. Greeks also called the river Iazartes (Ἰαζάρτης). Pliny gives the Scythian name of the Tanais as Silys.
According to an anonymous Greek source, which historically (but not certainly) has been attributed to Plutarch, the Don was home to the legendary Amazons of Greek mythology.
The area around the estuary has been speculated to be the source of the Black Death in the mid-14th century.
While the lower Don was well known to ancient geographers, its middle and upper reaches were not mapped with any accuracy before the gradual conquest of the area by Muscovy in the 16th century.
The Don Cossacks, who settled the fertile valley of the river in the 16th and 17th centuries, were named after the river.
The fort of Donkov was founded by the princes of Ryazan in the late 14th century. The fort stood on the left bank of the Don, about 34 kilometres (21 mi) from the modern town of Dankov, until 1568, when it was destroyed by the Crimean Tatars, but was soon restored at a better fortified location. It is shown as Donko in Mercator's Atlas (1596). Donkov was again relocated in 1618, appearing as Donkagorod in Joan Blaeu's map of 1645.
Both Blaeu and Mercator follow the 16th-century cartographic tradition of letting the Don originate in a great lake, labeled Resanskoy ozera by Blaeu. Mercator follows Giacomo Gastaldo (1551) in showing a waterway connecting this lake (by Gastaldo labeled Ioanis Lago, by Mercator Odoium lac. Iwanowo et Jeztoro) to Ryazan and the Oka River. Mercator shows Mtsensk (Msczene) as a great city on this waterway, suggesting a system of canals connecting the Don with the Zusha (Schat) and Upa (Uppa) centered on a settlement Odoium, reported as Odoium lacum (Juanow ozero) in the map made by Baron Augustin von Mayerberg, leader of an embassy to Muscovy in 1661.
In modern literature, the Don region was featured in the work And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, a Nobel-prize winning writer from the stanitsa of Veshenskaya.
Dams and canals
At its easternmost point, the Don comes within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of the Volga. The Volga–Don Canal, 101 kilometres (65 mi), connects the two. It is a broad, deep waterway capable of transporting oil tanker size vessels. It is one of two which enables ships to depart the Caspian Sea, the other, a series, connected to the Baltic Sea. The level of the Don where connected is raised by the Tsimlyansk Dam, forming the Tsimlyansk Reservoir.
For the next 130 kilometres (81 mi) below the Tsimlyansk Dam, the sufficient depth of the Don is maintained by the sequence of three dam-and-ship-lock complexes: the Nikolayevsky Ship Lock (Николаевский гидроузел), Konstantinovsk Ship Lock (Константиновский гидроузел), and the best known of the three, the Kochetovsky Ship Lock (Кочетовский гидроузел). The Kochetovsky Lock, built in 1914–19 and doubled in 2004–08, is 7.5 kilometres (4.7 mi) downstream of the discharge of the Seversky Donets and 131 kilometres (81 mi) upstream of Rostov-on-Don. It is at 47°34′07″N 40°51′10″E. This facility, with its dam, maintains a navigable head of water locally and into the lowermost stretch of the Seversky Donets. This is presently the last lock on the Don; below it, deep-draught navigation is maintained by dredging.
In order to improve shipping conditions in the lower reaches of the Don, the waterway authorities support plans for one or two more low dams with locks. These will be in Bagayevsky District and possibly Aksaysky District.
Tributaries
Main tributaries from source to mouth:
Nepryadva
Krasivaya Mecha
Bystraya Sosna
Veduga
Voronezh
Tikhaya Sosna
Bityug
Osered
Chyornaya Kalitva
Khopyor – 1,010 kilometres (630 mi)
Medveditsa
Ilovlya
Chir
Seversky Donets – 1,053 kilometres (654 mi)
Aidar – 264 kilometres (164 mi)
Sal
Manych
Aksay
Temernik
Voronezh is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the Southeastern Railway, which connects western Russia with the Urals and Siberia, the Caucasus and Ukraine, and the M4 highway (Moscow–Voronezh–Rostov-on-Don–Novorossiysk). In recent years the city has experienced rapid population growth, rising in 2021 to 1,057,681, up from 889,680 recorded in the 2010 Census, making it the 14th-most populous city in the country.
History
The first chronicle references to the word "Voronezh" are dated 1177, when the Ryazan prince Yaropolk, having lost the battle, fled "to Voronozh" and there was moving "from town to town". Modern data of archeology and history interpret Voronezh as a geographical region, which included the Voronezh river (tributary of the Don) and a number of settlements. In the lower reaches of the river, a unique Slavic town-planning complex of the 8th – early 11th century was discovered, which covered the territory of the present city of Voronezh and its environs (about 42 km long, about 13 forts and many unfortified villages). By the 12th – 13th centuries, most of the old towns were desolate, but new settlements appeared upstream, closer to Ryazan.
For many years, the hypothesis of the Soviet historian Vladimir Zagorovsky dominated: he produced the toponym "Voronezh" from the hypothetical Slavic personal name Voroneg. This man allegedly gave the name of a small town in the Chernigov Principality (now the village of Voronezh in Ukraine). Later, in the 11th or 12th century, the settlers were able to "transfer" this name to the Don region, where they named the second city Voronezh, and the river got its name from the city. However, now many researchers criticize the hypothesis, since in reality neither the name of Voroneg nor the second city was revealed, and usually the names of Russian cities repeated the names of the rivers, but not vice versa.
The linguistic comparative analysis of the name "Voronezh" was carried out by the Khovansky Foundation in 2009. There is an indication of the place names of many countries in Eurasia, which may partly be not only similar in sound, but also united by common Indo-European languages: Varanasi, Varna, Verona, Brno, etc.
A comprehensive scientific analysis was conducted in 2015–2016 by the historian Pavel Popov. His conclusion: "Voronezh" is a probable Slavic macrotoponym associated with outstanding signs of nature, has a root voron- (from the proto-Slavic vorn) in the meaning of "black, dark" and the suffix -ezh (-azh, -ozh). It was not “transferred” and in the 8th - 9th centuries it marked a vast territory covered with black forests (oak forests) - from the mouth of the Voronezh river to the Voronozhsky annalistic forests in the middle and upper reaches of the river, and in the west to the Don (many forests were cut down). The historian believes that the main "city" of the early town-planning complex could repeat the name of the region – Voronezh. Now the hillfort is located in the administrative part of the modern city, in the Voronezh upland oak forest. This is one of Europe's largest ancient Slavic hillforts, the area of which – more than 9 hectares – 13 times the area of the main settlement in Kyiv before the baptism of Rus.
In it is assumed that the word "Voronezh" means bluing - a technique to increase the corrosion resistance of iron products. This explanation fits well with the proximity to the ancient city of Voronezh of a large iron deposit and the city of Stary Oskol.
Folk etymology claims the name comes from combining the Russian words for raven (ворон) and hedgehog (еж) into Воронеж. According to this explanation two Slavic tribes named after the animals used this combination to name the river which later in turn provided the name for a settlement. There is not believed to be any scientific support for this explanation.
In the 16th century, the Middle Don basin, including the Voronezh river, was gradually conquered by Muscovy from the Nogai Horde (a successor state of the Golden Horde), and the current city of Voronezh was established in 1585 by Feodor I as a fort protecting the Muravsky Trail trade route against the slave raids of the Nogai and Crimean Tatars. The city was named after the river.
17th to 19th centuries
In the 17th century, Voronezh gradually evolved into a sizable town. Weronecz is shown on the Worona river in Resania in Joan Blaeu's map of 1645. Peter the Great built a dockyard in Voronezh where the Azov Flotilla was constructed for the Azov campaigns in 1695 and 1696. This fleet, the first ever built in Russia, included the first Russian ship of the line, Goto Predestinatsia. The Orthodox diocese of Voronezh was instituted in 1682 and its first bishop, Mitrofan of Voronezh, was later proclaimed the town's patron saint.
Owing to the Voronezh Admiralty Wharf, for a short time, Voronezh became the largest city of South Russia and the economic center of a large and fertile region. In 1711, it was made the seat of the Azov Governorate, which eventually morphed into the Voronezh Governorate.
In the 19th century, Voronezh was a center of the Central Black Earth Region. Manufacturing industry (mills, tallow-melting, butter-making, soap, leather, and other works) as well as bread, cattle, suet, and the hair trade developed in the town. A railway connected Voronezh with Moscow in 1868 and Rostov-on-Don in 1871.
20th century
World War II
During World War II, Voronezh was the scene of fierce fighting between Soviet and combined Axis troops. The Germans used it as a staging area for their attack on Stalingrad, and made it a key crossing point on the Don River. In June 1941, two BM-13 (Fighting machine #13 Katyusha) artillery installations were built at the Voronezh excavator factory. In July, the construction of Katyushas was rationalized so that their manufacture became easier and the time of volley repetition was shortened from five minutes to fifteen seconds. More than 300 BM-13 units manufactured in Voronezh were used in a counterattack near Moscow in December 1941. In October 22, 1941, the advance of the German troops prompted the establishment of a defense committee in the city. On November 7, 1941, there was a troop parade, devoted to the anniversary of the October Revolution. Only three such parades were organized that year: in Moscow, Kuybyshev, and Voronezh. In late June 1942, the city was attacked by German and Hungarian forces. In response, Soviet forces formed the Voronezh Front. By July 6, the German army occupied the western river-bank suburbs before being subjected to a fierce Soviet counter-attack. By July 24 the frontline had stabilised along the Voronezh River as the German forces continued southeast into the Great Bend of the Don. The attack on Voronezh represented the first phase of the German Army's 1942 campaign in the Soviet Union, codenamed Case Blue.
Until January 25, 1943, parts of the Second German Army and the Second Hungarian Army occupied the western part of Voronezh. During Operation Little Saturn, the Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh Offensive, and the Voronezhsko-Kastornenskoy Offensive, the Voronezh Front exacted heavy casualties on Axis forces. On January 25, 1943, Voronezh was liberated after ten days of combat. During the war the city was almost completely ruined, with 92% of all buildings destroyed.
Post-war
By 1950, Voronezh had been rebuilt. Most buildings and historical monuments were repaired. It was also the location of a prestigious Suvorov Military School, a boarding school for young boys who were considered to be prospective military officers, many of whom had been orphaned by war.
In 1950–1960, new factories were established: a tire factory, a machine-tool factory, a factory of heavy mechanical pressing, and others. In 1968, Serial production of the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic plane was established at the Voronezh Aviation factory. In October 1977, the first Soviet domestic wide-body plane, Ilyushin Il-86, was built there.
In 1989, TASS published details of an alleged UFO landing in the city's park and purported encounters with extraterrestrial beings reported by a number of children. A Russian scientist that was cited in initial TASS reports later told the Associated Press that he was misquoted, cautioning, "Don't believe all you hear from TASS," and "We never gave them part of what they published", and a TASS correspondent admitted the possibility that some "make-believe" had been added to the TASS story, saying, "I think there is a certain portion of truth, but it is not excluded that there is also fantasizing".
21st century
From 10 to 17 September 2011, Voronezh celebrated its 425th anniversary. The anniversary of the city was given the status of a federal scale celebration that helped attract large investments from the federal and regional budgets for development.
On December 17, 2012, Voronezh became the fifteenth city in Russia with a population of over one million people.
Today Voronezh is the economic, industrial, cultural, and scientific center of the Central Black Earth Region. As part of the annual tradition in the Russian city of Voronezh, every winter the main city square is thematically drawn around a classic literature. In 2020, the city was decorated using the motifs from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. In the year of 2021, the architects drew inspiration from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen as well as the animation classic The Snow Queen from the Soviet Union. The fairy tale replica city will feature the houses of Kai and Gerda, the palace of the snow queen, an ice rink, and illumination.
In June 2023, during the Wagner Group rebellion, forces of the Wagner Group claimed to have taken control of military facilities in the city. Later they were confirmed to have taken the city itself.
Administrative and municipal status
Voronezh is the administrative center of the oblast.[1] Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is incorporated as Voronezh Urban Okrug—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts.[1] As a municipal division, this administrative unit also has urban okrug status.
City divisions
The city is divided into six administrative districts:
Zheleznodorozhny (183,17 km²)
Tsentralny (63,96 km²)
Kominternovsky (47,41 km²)
Leninsky (18,53 km²)
Sovetsky (156,6 km²)
Levoberezhny (123,89 km²)
Economy
The leading sectors of the urban economy in the 20th century were mechanical engineering, metalworking, the electronics industry and the food industry.
In the city are such companies as:
Tupolev Tu-144
Voronezhselmash (agricultural engineering)
Sozvezdie[36] (headquarter, JSC Concern “Sozvezdie”, in 1958 the world's first created mobile telephony and wireless telephone Altai
Verofarm (pharmaceutics, owner Abbott Laboratories),
Voronezh Mechanical Plant[37] (production of missile and aircraft engines, oil and gas equipment)
Mining Machinery Holding - RUDGORMASH[38] (production of drilling, mineral processing and mining equipment)
VNiiPM Research Institute of Semiconductor Engineering (equipment for plasma-chemical processes, technical-chemical equipment for liquid operations, water treatment equipment)
KBKhA Chemical Automatics Design Bureau with notable products:.
Pirelli Voronezh.
On the territory of the city district government Maslovka Voronezh region with the support of the Investment Fund of Russia, is implementing a project to create an industrial park, "Maslowski", to accommodate more than 100 new businesses, including the transformer factory of Siemens. On September 7, 2011 in Voronezh there opened a Global network operation center of Nokia Siemens Networks, which was the fifth in the world and the first in Russia.
Construction
In 2014, 926,000 square meters of housing was delivered.
Clusters of Voronezh
In clusters of tax incentives and different preferences, the full support of the authorities. A cluster of Oil and Gas Equipment, Radio-electronic cluster, Furniture cluster, IT cluster, Cluster aircraft, Cluster Electromechanics, Transport and logistics cluster, Cluster building materials and technologies.
Geography
Urban layout
Information about the original urban layout of Voronezh is contained in the "Patrol Book" of 1615. At that time, the city fortress was logged and located on the banks of the Voronezh River. In plan, it was an irregular quadrangle with a perimeter of about 238 meter. inside it, due to lack of space, there was no housing or siege yards, and even the cathedral church was supposed to be taken out. However, at this small fortress there was a large garrison - 666 households of service people. These courtyards were reliably protected by the second line of fortifications by a standing prison on taras with 25 towers covered with earth; behind the prison was a moat, and beyond the moat there were stakes. Voronezh was a typical military settlement (ostrog). In the city prison there were only settlements of military men: Streletskaya, Kazachya, Belomestnaya atamanskaya, Zatinnaya and Pushkarskaya. The posad population received the territory between the ostrog and the river, where the Monastyrskaya settlements (at the Assumption Monastery) was formed. Subsequently, the Yamnaya Sloboda was added to them, and on the other side of the fort, on the Chizhovka Mountain, the Chizhovskaya Sloboda of archers and Cossacks appeared. As a result, the Voronezh settlements surrounded the fortress in a ring. The location of the parish churches emphasized this ring-like and even distribution of settlements: the Ilyinsky Church of the Streletskaya Sloboda, the Pyatnitskaya Cossack and Pokrovskaya Belomestnaya were brought out to the passage towers of the prison. The Nikolskaya Church of the Streletskaya Sloboda was located near the marketplace (and, accordingly, the front facade of the fortress), and the paired ensemble of the Rozhdestvenskaya and Georgievskaya churches of the Cossack Sloboda marked the main street of the city, going from the Cossack Gate to the fortress tower.
Climate
Voronezh experiences a humid continental climate (Köppen: Dfb) with long, cold winters and short, warm summers.
Transportation
Air
The city is served by the Voronezh International Airport, which is located north of the city and is home to Polet Airlines. Voronezh is also home to the Pridacha Airport, a part of a major aircraft manufacturing facility VASO (Voronezhskoye Aktsionernoye Samoletostroitelnoye Obshchestvo, Voronezh aircraft production association) where the Tupolev Tu-144 (known in the West as the "Concordski"), was built and the only operational unit is still stored. Voronezh also hosts the Voronezh Malshevo air force base in the southwest of the city, which, according to a Natural Resources Defense Council report, houses nuclear bombers.[citation needed]
Rail
Since 1868, there is a railway connection between Voronezh and Moscow. Rail services form a part of the South Eastern Railway of the Russian Railways. Destinations served direct from Voronezh include Moscow, Kyiv, Kursk, Novorossiysk, Sochi, and Tambov. The main train station is called Voronezh-1 railway station and is located in the center of the city.
Bus
There are three bus stations in Voronezh that connect the city with destinations including Moscow, Belgorod, Lipetsk, Volgograd, Rostov-on-Don, and Astrakhan.
Education and culture
Aviastroiteley Park
The city has seven theaters, twelve museums, a number of movie theaters, a philharmonic hall, and a circus. It is also a major center of higher education in central Russia. The main educational facilities include:
Voronezh State University
Voronezh State Technical University
Voronezh State University of Architecture and Construction
Voronezh State Pedagogical University
Voronezh State Agricultural University
Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies
Voronezh State Medical University named after N. N. Burdenko
Voronezh State Academy of Arts
Voronezh State University of Forestry and Technologies named after G.F. Morozov
Voronezh State Institute of Physical Training
Voronezh Institute of Russia's Home Affairs Ministry
Voronezh Institute of High Technologies
Military Educational and Scientific Center of the Air Force «N.E. Zhukovsky and Y.A. Gagarin Air Force Academy» (Voronezh)
Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (Voronezh branch)
Russian State University of Justice
Admiral Makarov State University of Sea and River Fleet (Voronezh branch)
International Institute of Computer Technologies
Voronezh Institute of Economics and Law
and a number of other affiliate and private-funded institutes and universities. There are 2000 schools within the city.
Theaters
Voronezh Chamber Theatre
Koltsov Academic Drama Theater
Voronezh State Opera and Ballet Theatre
Shut Puppet Theater
Festivals
Platonov International Arts Festival
Sports
ClubSportFoundedCurrent LeagueLeague
RankStadium
Fakel VoronezhFootball1947Russian Premier League1stTsentralnyi Profsoyuz Stadion
Energy VoronezhFootball1989Women's Premier League1stRudgormash Stadium
Buran VoronezhIce Hockey1977Higher Hockey League2ndYubileyny Sports Palace
VC VoronezhVolleyball2006Women's Higher Volleyball League A2ndKristall Sports Complex
Religion
Annunciation Orthodox Cathedral in Voronezh
Orthodox Christianity is the predominant religion in Voronezh.[citation needed] There is an Orthodox Jewish community in Voronezh, with a synagogue located on Stankevicha Street.
In 1682, the Voronezh diocese was formed to fight the schismatics. Its first head was Bishop Mitrofan (1623-1703) at the age of 58. Under him, the construction began on the new Annunciation Cathedral to replace the old one. In 1832, Mitrofan was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church.
In the 1990s, many Orthodox churches were returned to the diocese. Their restoration was continued. In 2009, instead of the lost one, a new Annunciation Cathedral was built with a monument to St. Mitrofan erected next to it.
Cemeteries
There are ten cemeteries in Voronezh:
Levoberezhnoye Cemetery
Lesnoye Cemetery
Jewish Cemetery
Nikolskoye Cemetery
Pravoberezhnoye Cemetery
Budyonnovskoe Cemetery
Yugo-Zapadnoye Cemetery
Podgorenskоye Cemetery
Kominternovskoe Cemetery
Ternovoye Cemetery is а historical site closed to the public.
Born in Voronezh
18th century
Yevgeny Bolkhovitinov (1767–1837), Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia
Mikhail Pavlov (1792–1840), Russian academic and professor at Moscow University
19th century
1801–1850
Aleksey Koltsov (1809–1842), Russian poet
Ivan Nikitin (1824–1861), Russian poet
Nikolai Ge (1831–1894), Russian realist painter famous for his works on historical and religious motifs
Vasily Sleptsov (1836–1878), Russian writer and social reformer
Nikolay Kashkin (1839–1920), Russian music critic
1851–1900
Valentin Zhukovski (1858–1918), Russian orientalist
Vasily Goncharov (1861–1915), Russian film director and screenwriter, one of the pioneers of the film industry in the Russian Empire
Anastasiya Verbitskaya (1861–1928), Russian novelist, playwright, screenplay writer, publisher and feminist
Mikhail Olminsky (1863–1933), Russian Communist
Serge Voronoff (1866–1951), French surgeon of Russian extraction
Andrei Shingarev (1869–1918), Russian doctor, publicist and politician
Ivan Bunin (1870–1953), the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
Alexander Ostuzhev (1874–1953), Russian and Soviet drama actor
Valerian Albanov (1881–1919), Russian navigator and polar explorer
Jan Hambourg (1882–1947), Russian violinist, a member of a famous musical family
Volin (1882–1945), anarchist
Boris Hambourg (1885–1954), Russian cellist who made his career in the USA, Canada, England and Europe
Boris Eikhenbaum (1886–1959), Russian and Soviet literary scholar, and historian of Russian literature
Anatoly Durov (1887–1928), Russian animal trainer
Samuil Marshak (1887–1964), Russian and Soviet writer, translator and children's poet
Eduard Shpolsky (1892–1975), Russian and Soviet physicist and educator
George of Syracuse (1893–1981), Eastern Orthodox archbishop of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
Yevgeny Gabrilovich (1899–1993), Soviet screenwriter
Semyon Krivoshein (1899–1978), Soviet tank commander; Lieutenant General
Andrei Platonov (1899–1951), Soviet Russian writer, playwright and poet
Ivan Pravov (1899–1971), Russian and Soviet film director and screenwriter
William Dameshek (1900–1969), American hematologist
20th century
1901–1930
Ivan Nikolaev (1901–1979), Soviet architect and educator
Galina Shubina (1902–1980), Russian poster and graphics artist
Pavel Cherenkov (1904–1990), Soviet physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in physics in 1958 with Ilya Frank and Igor Tamm for the discovery of Cherenkov radiation, made in 1934
Yakov Kreizer (1905–1969), Soviet field commander, General of the army and Hero of the Soviet Union
Iosif Rudakovsky (1914–1947), Soviet chess master
Pawel Kassatkin (1915–1987), Russian writer
Alexander Shelepin (1918–1994), Soviet state security officer and party statesman
Grigory Baklanov (1923–2009), Russian writer
Gleb Strizhenov (1923–1985), Soviet actor
Vladimir Zagorovsky (1925–1994), Russian chess grandmaster of correspondence chess and the fourth ICCF World Champion between 1962 and 1965
Konstantin Feoktistov (1926–2009), cosmonaut and engineer
Vitaly Vorotnikov (1926–2012), Soviet statesman
Arkady Davidowitz (1930), writer and aphorist
1931–1950
Grigory Sanakoev (1935), Russian International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, most famous for being the twelfth ICCF World Champion (1984–1991)
Yuri Zhuravlyov (1935), Russian mathematician
Mykola Koltsov (1936–2011), Soviet footballer and Ukrainian football children and youth trainer
Vyacheslav Ovchinnikov (1936), Russian composer
Iya Savvina (1936–2011), Soviet film actress
Tamara Zamotaylova (1939), Soviet gymnast, who won four Olympic medals at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics
Yury Smolyakov (1941), Soviet Olympic fencer
Yevgeny Lapinsky (1942–1999), Soviet Olympic volleyball player
Galina Bukharina (1945), Soviet athlete
Vladimir Patkin (1945), Soviet Olympic volleyball player
Vladimir Proskurin (1945), Soviet Russian football player and coach
Aleksandr Maleyev (1947), Soviet artistic gymnast
Valeri Nenenko (1950), Russian professional football coach and player
1951–1970
Vladimir Rokhlin, Jr. (1952), Russian-American mathematician and professor of computer science and mathematics at the Yale University
Lyubov Burda (1953), Russian artistic gymnast
Mikhail Khryukin (1955), Russian swimmer
Aleksandr Tkachyov (1957), Russian gymnast and two times Olympic Champion
Nikolai Vasilyev (1957), Russian professional football coach and player
Aleksandr Babanov (1958), Russian professional football coach and player
Sergey Koliukh (1960), Russian political figure; 4th Mayor of Voronezh
Yelena Davydova (1961), Soviet gymnast
Aleksandr Borodyuk (1962), Russian football manager and former international player for USSR and Russia
Aleksandr Chayev (1962), Russian swimmer
Elena Fanailova (1962), Russian poet
Alexander Litvinenko (1962–2006), officer of the Russian FSB and political dissident
Yuri Shishkin (1963), Russian professional football coach and player
Yuri Klinskikh (1964–2000), Russian musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, founder rock band Sektor Gaza
Yelena Ruzina (1964), athlete
Igor Bragin (1965), footballer
Gennadi Remezov (1965), Russian professional footballer
Valeri Shmarov (1965), Russian football player and coach
Konstantin Chernyshov (1967), Russian chess grandmaster
Igor Pyvin (1967), Russian professional football coach and player
Vladimir Bobrezhov (1968), Soviet sprint canoer
1971–1980
Oleg Gorobiy (1971), Russian sprint canoer
Anatoli Kanishchev (1971), Russian professional association footballer
Ruslan Mashchenko (1971), Russian hurdler
Aleksandr Ovsyannikov (1974), Russian professional footballer
Dmitri Sautin (1974), Russian diver who has won more medals than any other Olympic diver
Sergey Verlin (1974), Russian sprint canoer
Maxim Narozhnyy (1975–2011), Paralympian athlete
Aleksandr Cherkes (1976), Russian football coach and player
Andrei Durov (1977), Russian professional footballer
Nikolai Kryukov (1978), Russian artistic gymnast
Kirill Gerstein (1979), Jewish American and Russian pianist
Evgeny Ignatov (1979), Russian sprint canoeist
Aleksey Nikolaev (1979), Russian-Uzbekistan footballer
Aleksandr Palchikov (1979), former Russian professional football player
Konstantin Skrylnikov (1979), Russian professional footballer
Aleksandr Varlamov (1979), Russian diver
Angelina Yushkova (1979), Russian gymnast
Maksim Potapov (1980), professional ice hockey player
1981–1990
Alexander Krysanov (1981), Russian professional ice hockey forward
Yulia Nachalova (1981–2019), Soviet and Russian singer, actress and television presenter
Andrei Ryabykh (1982), Russian football player
Maxim Shchyogolev (1982), Russian theatre and film actor
Eduard Vorganov (1982), Russian professional road bicycle racer
Anton Buslov (1983–2014), Russian astrophysicist, blogger, columnist at The New Times magazine and expert on transportation systems
Dmitri Grachyov (1983), Russian footballer
Aleksandr Kokorev (1984), Russian professional football player
Dmitry Kozonchuk (1984), Russian professional road bicycle racer for Team Katusha
Alexander Khatuntsev (1985), Russian professional road bicycle racer
Egor Vyaltsev (1985), Russian professional basketball player
Samvel Aslanyan (1986), Russian handball player
Maksim Chistyakov (1986), Russian football player
Yevgeniy Dorokhin (1986), Russian sprint canoer
Daniil Gridnev (1986), Russian professional footballer
Vladimir Moskalyov (1986), Russian football referee
Elena Danilova (1987), Russian football forward
Sektor Gaza (1987–2000), punk band
Regina Moroz (1987), Russian female volleyball player
Roman Shishkin (1987), Russian footballer
Viktor Stroyev (1987), Russian footballer
Elena Terekhova (1987), Russian international footballer
Natalia Goncharova (1988), Russian diver
Yelena Yudina (1988), Russian skeleton racer
Dmitry Abakumov (1989), Russian professional association football player
Igor Boev (1989), Russian professional racing cyclist
Ivan Dobronravov (1989), Russian actor
Anna Bogomazova (1990), Russian kickboxer, martial artist, professional wrestler and valet
Yuriy Kunakov (1990), Russian diver
Vitaly Melnikov (1990), Russian backstroke swimmer
Kristina Pravdina (1990), Russian female artistic gymnast
Vladislav Ryzhkov (1990), Russian footballer
1991–2000
Danila Poperechny (1994), Russian stand-up comedian, actor, youtuber, podcaster
Darya Stukalova (1994), Russian Paralympic swimmer
Viktoria Komova (1995), Russian Olympic gymnast
Vitali Lystsov (1995), Russian professional footballer
Marina Nekrasova (1995), Russian-born Azerbaijani artistic gymnast
Vladislav Parshikov (1996), Russian football player
Dmitri Skopintsev (1997), Russian footballer
Alexander Eickholtz (1998) American sportsman
Angelina Melnikova (2000), Russian Olympic gymnast
Lived in Voronezh
Aleksey Khovansky (1814–1899), editor
Ivan Kramskoi (1837–1887), Russian painter and art critic
Mitrofan Pyatnitsky (1864–1927), Russian musician
Mikhail Tsvet (1872–1919), Russian botanist
Alexander Kuprin (1880–1960), Russian painter, a member of the Jack of Diamonds group
Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884-1937), Russian writer, went to school in Voronezh
Osip Mandelstam (1891–1938), Russian poet
Nadezhda Mandelstam (1899-1980), Russian writer
Gavriil Troyepolsky (1905–1995), Soviet writer
Nikolay Basov (1922–2001), Soviet physicist and educator
Vasily Peskov (1930–2013), Russian writer, journalist, photographer, traveller and ecologist
Valentina Popova (1972), Russian weightlifter
Igor Samsonov, painter
Tatyana Zrazhevskaya, Russian boxer
For better accuracy
Camera Canon 550D
70-300 mm
Settings
distance : 180 mm
Aperture : F \ 5
Shutter speed : 1\320
Iso : 400
I Am Not A Big Fan Of Clipped Wings BUT Then Couldn't Resist Sharing This One For The Sake Of Power , Speed & Accuracy Demonstrated By These Terns In Kabini . Hope You All Will Enjoy This Handheld Shot From A Moving Boat :)
Top left : A grid appearing as allotment parcels. Spaces for different crops and different seed cycles. There seems to be an accuracy to the grid's description with some columns having five segments with others as strips and others as six - as if someone is recounting details of a lifestyle.
Top right: Corniforms associated with an enclosure and a grid. It's almost as if the crofter's hut had large open-arm fencing, so that it might be seen from a distance in foggy conditions. Here, the 'corniform' may have signalling both cattle and 'hut' according to context (as, for example, a joint symbol for snake and water). For those working outside for much of the day, fencing focused on a home might also provide protection from wind and sun, and frames for drying anything from hey to river fish and even for stretching if the construction is solid enough. Ștefan Chirilescu recently posted pictures of grass drying on special fences in Roumania. Enclosures may also have gone against a spiritual notion that the earth was a free spirit and opening your house with wide arms may have helped to counter this dissonance while being as strong as a bull with its projecting horns.
Lower left: A field of sheep at the foot of a valley with two fields rising up its slopes - one with more animals and the other with plots for cultivation.
Lower right: a natural set of micro fissures provides the delimitation for a grid of allotments. If different clan members had their own plots then an element of pride and competition may have been at play. Different varieties and seed cycles.
Potential links between 'domestication' and enclosures needs to be looked at in a little more detail. Stepping back, there are two ways of seeing a natural cliff (this logic can also work with a river barrier but is more manageable with an inland cliff): natural cliffs or edges need only be several meters in height to become useful for hunters. Hunters read landscapes and try and manage animal movements within their predictions. From above, cliffs can cause the deaths of multiple animals, rushing together as a herd in fright, resulting in too much sudden meat followed by a potentially meagre year. There are examples of mass kills in prehistory, and, whilst the mindset of ultra satiation may be a weakness in man, there will always be some hunters who see a cliff for its other direction. Cliffs approached from below can force an animal to turn to the left or to the right. When arriving from below, a cliff is like a natural version of a fence or wall. There are also occasions when cliffs can provide angles, and these can become a focus for a coordinated hunting drive. Adding screens and fencing to 'extend' a natural cliff is a natural evolution that may have been some of the earliest structures outside of habitation. Pre domestication cows were Aurocks - a species that could be large and dangerous and from the category of 'Megafauna'. One strategy for hunting Aurocks was to dig a pit and drive the animal over this artificial cliff. Unlike a real cliff, a pit lets, for example, pregnant Aurocks survive to feed for another day. Clans that switched to this method from cliff drop methods may have missed on giant self-satisfied feasts, but gained on long-term stability. As with pit hunters, hunters that used the underside of a cliff as a barrier could also 'filter' their herd. Forcing a herd in one direction by building a strong barrier would allow hunters to, in effect choose the amount of animals they need, and this would be steps in the direction of the concept of the corral and pastoralism. Aurocks were so big that for most clans the number was probably always 'one'. When choosing which to kill, factors may have entered planning and decision making. Stepping back: the biggest 'prize fish' or the biggest 'predator pike' are always somewhere in the thoughts of a fisherman's plotting mind, and likewise the biggest Aurock or the most dangerous and formidable Aurock may have been first choice in a hunt that could keep a group of animals together. Repeated over several generations, and the gene pool of Aurocks will shift to towards smaller and more docile animals - given a constrained environment. Beaters and hunting dogs, screens and whistles, strong fencing and stones can all help to manage a local herd to the same semi-natural 'trap' until a point comes when the herd is just no longer as 'frighting' and is almost 'domesticated' into this cycle of life. At this point, any fencing is strong and tested by generation after generation, and it becomes imaginable to shut the 'trap' and 'hold' a small herd inside an enclosure. Feeding the smaller and more docile animals then becomes a way of 'waiting for a mother to give birth', or avoiding having to do 'yet another' time-consuming hunt for meat that you know you will need in just two months time... cutting hay rather than hunting during the interim, or herding animals over a local area. Over time, difficult animals are still killed in priority, and the animals 'learn' their new environment. Here, at no point, did an individual human have the bright idea to domesticate the giant 1,500 kg Aurock - so daunting as super massive museum sculls (no need to teach the Museum of London's 1m wide Aurock horns how to moo). These ideas build on ideas I developed for a Spanish stone row site: www.flickr.com/photos/ajmitchell-prehistory/29024790508/i...
Some forest situations will let aurocks split, other situations will have floating populations so that new large Aurock quickly join with herds, other pools of Aurocks will have been on large continuous marches so it must be expected that the above scenario needed special local conditions - but the results would have been something to be seen and talk about.
There is a nice synthesise by Alice Roberts (Tamed 2017) where she talks about smaller Aurock skeletons: "The Balweg Aurochs ... estimated to stand 134cm (...) to have been a less formidable target for Mesolithic hunters (...and it) raises the possibility that many, later Aurocks have been misunderstood as domesticated cattle, or as hybrids with Aurochs...."
The prior proposed mechanism shows how Mesolithic hunter gatherers who were increasingly fixating their lifestyle 'loops' on fewer and fewer geographical areas, could have occasionally effected changes in local gene pool distribution - as 'hunters' and not as 'farmers' - in effect, 'priming' stocks prior to true farming enclosure decisions and prior to or in conjunction with the arrival of the 'neolithic revolution' from the fertile crescent. Here, when the first ever generations of surplus domesticated cattle finally arrived, let's say Italy 8,500 ybp, after a 2,000 year inductive transmission of the neolithic revolution from the 'first ever' domesticated cattle of today's 'Syria' (having travelled at a stately .000015 kilometres an hour); they might have been meeting to interbreed with some smaller local Aurocks that were on the verge of their own domesticated routine, here the alchemy of 'official fertile crescent' mixes with local 'semi tame' stocks to produce the specificity for today's local cattle breeds. As always, be cautious of arrows on maps making it look as if a 'new' simply replaces an 'old'.
Prehistoric 'highways' and inter-regional solstice meets would offer opportunities to explain hunting techniques via simple schema - for example: listeners who were based in territories without cliffs might talk about tips on how to make sturdy post holes, or ways to keep cattle herds to a local area with out the interference of wild stocks.
A shepherd has a tame flock of goats, a trained dog and a night pen... He can be with his wife and son, and in spare time they use a new ultra-productive bronze age scythes to cut down meadow grass. Obviously this hay would be interesting for any cows kept aside a croft to winter lower in a valley, but a pile of hay may also give off a sweet smell and be attractive for wild Aurocks (the last were often seen during the ages of the Roman Empire with the last 'officials' bidding goodbye in central Europe circa 1637). A further 'bronze age' crofting synergy may have been found between small numbers of cattle and herds of sheep and goats. Here the sweet smell from a pile of scythed grass may have attracting wild cows as cheese for a mouse trap or sacs of collected acorns for a wild pig. Bringing in and 'managing' passing wild stocks aside modest cattle rearing - a dynamic and flexible reading of an environments potential.
Only the top right petroglyph can be seen without a guide
AJM 1.219
Is there any other sort of visual art that requires such a combination of speed, timing and accuracy? And do those constraints change throughout the year, month to month and sometimes minute to minute?
This was originally going to be called Seventeen Sun Circles which sounds like a much cooler number than five.
But I started too late and the evenings are really drawing in fast and I started to run out of thorns. If I wanted to make seventeen circles then by the time I had finished it would be dark and I would have missed my chance.
Of course musicians and dancers have to be accurate, fast and timely. Perhaps painters have to apply their paint in a particular fashion so it does or doesn't dry. A stone sculptor must tap the chisel just right to reveal the shape within the rock, whilst the bronze must be at the right temperature for correct casting. All important technical skills for artists in a myriad of disciplines. But, as I have never followed these disciplines, their subtleties pass my by.
The materials I use come from nature and change and grow and decay all the time. Leaves rip, tear, dry out, shed fixing thorns, curl up and go brown. You need to be accurate so that you aren't fixing them over and over as they cannot take the punishment. Wood and sticks dry out and contract, will snap and not be moist enough to be pierced with thorns. Colours fade and everything becomes brittle so you need to be fast too if you want to bring your ideas into fruition.
I try to incorporate the elements themselves into what I create, the sun, the moisture in the air, the temperature all play a part and as you become more skilled with the materials, you reveal more and more about how they behave. You notice the subtle nuances in everything: the height of the stream, the angle of the sun, which new plants grow at different points throughout the year.
This may sound like I am bemoaning the variability of what I use but that couldn't be further from the truth. Does paint change throughout the year? Will a piece of music die off in autumn and return once again in spring? The more time I spend making land art the more gifts Mother Nature throws up for me to discover.
I may have set off to make seventeen circles but I had to adapt. Therein lies the essence of land art. I had to experience and feel the change in the movement of the sun, the drawing in of the evenings and the impending dark time I feel within.
Nothing ever stands still, everything is in constant flux and making natural art sculptures from anything I find around me opens a little window into the world of nature and all her wonderful and fascinating nuances.
By the way - I am still hibernating. I made this is in September. I'm off back to my cave...
I transferred this from my 6d as a RAW file to my Sony mobile, where I then processed it in lightroom mobile. I'm now uploading via the Flickr app on my phone. I'm curious to check the quality and accuracy of the photo tomorrow on my desktop. - update, not as sharp as I'd normally like. Can't remember if i touched sharpness in lightroom mobile. I'm going to edit the same photo on my desktop and compare the final edits.
Carte de visite by Ramon Hernandez of Cadiz, Spain. Christmas morning 1863 in Charleston began with the thud of artillery from Confederate batteries along Johns Island. About 6 a.m., these guns struck their targets with accuracy: Union infantry occupying the town of Legareville and the nearby gunboat Marblehead. As the firing intensified and casualties mounted, two nearby vessels moved in to assist, the sloop-of-war Pawnee and mortar schooner C.P. Williams.
On the Pawnee, as rebel shot and shell fell, an officer suffered a severe injury when a splinter tore into his leg. He is pictured here: Lt. John Woodward Philip. A New York native of Dutch descent, he had graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1860. A genial man with a kindly face, deeply resonant voice and commanding presence, he read the Bible regularly, did not drink, and enjoyed a good cigar. The closest him came to swearing was "by crackey!"
Philip received his commission as a midshipman on Jan. 1, 1861. The Civil War began three months later, and launched him on a series of assignments that took him to various hot spots. Securing the Gulf of Mexico coast. Holding the line along the James River in Virginia. Chasing rebel cruisers along the southern coast of Europe and North Africa. The Siege of Charleston, where he suffered his wound and stopped the Confederate advance against Legareville. Along the way, the navy steadily promoted him for his exemplary leadership.
After the war, he continued his winning ways and traveled the globe until about 1884, when he was called to serve in a variety of stateside assignments on the East and West coasts. In 1897, now Capt. Philip became commander of the battleship Texas. In this capacity he gained national attention during the 1898 Spanish-American War, participating in the capture of Cuba's Guantanamo Bay and the Battle of Santiago.
Words he uttered during the crushing defeat of the Spanish fleet in Cuba made headlines in newspapers across the world. After his crew reacted with cheers to an explosion upon one of the stricken Spanish warships, Philip admonished them, "Don't cheer, boys, because the poor devils are dying."
He received his rear admiral's stripes and shoulder straps from a grateful country.
Less than two years later, heart disease ended his life at age 59. The nation mourned the passing of a hero of two wars. The press reported his last whispered words, "good-bye!," after he collapsed into his wife's arms.
His remains rest in the Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis. His wife, Josefa, lived until 1931.
Two destroyers were named in Philips' honor, one during each of the world wars of the 20th century. The second was decommissioned in 1968 and sold for scrap in 1971.
I encourage you to use this image for educational purposes only. However, please ask for permission.
With Drogan Vykor out hunting in the High Wold, along with all of his most skilled marksmen, the people of Vykor must choose one from among them to represent them at the First Annual Archery Contest. That honor has fallen to Herpford Derpson.
Herpford is, frankly, an imbecile. He spends most of his time drinking, falling asleep in unfortunate places, and unsuccessfully counting to four. He has never shot a bow before, but he did manage to accidentally swallow a bow string on several occasions. Nevertheless, he is quite proud to be part of this first ever challenge.
Entry for the First Annual Archery Contest of All Great Lenfald
Skill Points:
Accuracy: 1
Draw strength: 1
Leading the target: 1
Gauging the wind: 1
4 points total
Boskord Defense/Steiner Bisley ={Daedalus line}= Mk.27 Compact, Effective Assault Rifle System ''Sanction''
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Cartridge: 7.92x45mm
Magazine: 30 rounds
Accuracy: Medium
Rate of rire: 650 rounds per minute
Range: 700-750 meters
Sometimes your standard carbine may start to have a hard time trying to hit that target. Maybe you need something more advanced? Maybe you need something extraordinary? For this, we make you the most advanced weapons you can find, but do not sacrifice the lower costs.
Mk.27 CEARS - A quick, effective sanction against your enemy
Do you find your Vepr hugely expensive? Do you need something more effective, but also cheap? Do you just want to blow that guy's head off with your ''little'' gun? Then this here is for you!
As they say, 2027 is a time of great innovation... but also a time of great chaos. For this, you gotta rely on something good - Maybe like the Mk.27!
The Mk.27 is a new development from Boskord, with the collaboration of Steiner Bisley (only financially though). In this time, you need some bullpups man. The Mk.27 is a very good competitor. It is a quite compact rifle, yet has a fairly long barrel. It uses the 7.92x45 millimeter rounds, standard rifle of most Boskord rifles. Rather than utilizing a conventional system, it loads from top-side, with only casket mags. They are quite compact, even though they do the same role! This allows the user to potentially carry more magazines.
It is known to be an easy to handle rifle. Why? Because of its small recoil buffers on its stock, or should I say, receiver! While these don't do such a major job, these 2 recoil buffers help the user balance out the recoil minorly. Homever, with that minor help, the user is able to easily control the rifle's recoil on full-auto firefights!
Homever, all these were made by the help of Steiner Bisley. While we could easily make it ourselves, the Steiner thought that they could help us. We never refuse any assistance, and we always refuse denial of assistance! They gave us a few blueprints and we customized them to our own liking.
It can easily mount suppressors, thanks to its flash-hider.
It is known to be a compact, all-round effective rifle with quite good handling characteristics. It recently have seen itself in the hands of many PMCs, such as Belltower, Sharp Edge. It will soon start its service in USA, Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and many other countries!
Our weapons are known to be made of cheap, easily-available and reliable material. With the swift, accurate and incredibly cheap power of the Boskord, you will rule the battlefield - All by the Turkish power!
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Some kind of variant of one of my old rifles. Though I have not done such major changes on it and as such, it is quite similar compared to the old one. Enjoy!
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Miscellanous: With RDS, alternative flash-hider, and rails:
Today for #tbt we find a USGS topographer running a level line in the Alabama Hills near Mt. Whitney, California. The picture was taken in 1984.
Leveling is a surveying operation in which heights of objects and points are determined relative to a specified datum.
In order for USGS maps to be an accurate representation of the real world, cartographers must know the position (latitude, longitude and height) of a selection of features that can be found on the map.
For a fact sheet on our Map Accuracy Standards, please see:
I shot this in order to test the accuracy of the old selenium meter on the Contarex. I exposed the shot exactly as the meter told me to do. I'd say it's slightly over-exposed, but that turns out to be just right for this scene. I focused on the people in the foreground because I wanted the lights on the building in the far background to dissolve in the bokeh, but I was only partially successful in that.
It is amazing that a 60 year old meter, which by rights should be dead as a doornail by now, still works accurately.
I then shot the same scene with the same film emulsion on a Nikon F5 for comparison.
Incidentally, I now remember that I had already shot this scene two years ago with a very old Leica Standard and a pre-war lens.
Camera: Zeiss Ikon Contarex Special (built between 1960 and 1963)
Lens: Carl Zeiss Planar 1:2 50mm Contarex Mount
Film: Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
I’ve agonized over this stupid engine. And I wouldn’t be as intent on accuracy if the original MOC hadn’t been my oldest build.
I’ve attempted as much detail as I can without compromising structure or coming across too garish. This compromise meant abandoning loose coal to hide the techniques and shifting the ’tanks’ all over the body to accommodate wiring and an attempt at representing internal running gear.
The sanding gear, bunker steps, cab detail, and brakes were all labors of love to incorporate and I finally feel rest in my soul that this 1400 can no longer be called an inaccurate Jinty or green Thomas. Pieces have ALL arrived finally from blubrix and bricklink so I can now start on my ‘big’ new project. Happy to shelve this tank.
The Henry 22 caliber carbine has remained unsurpassed in quality and accuracy over a century... Here, Stepheny gives you a birds eye view of a shot at over 1000 yards.... www.henryrifles.com
Boskord Defense ={Slayer line}= Experimental Assault Rifle 84 Longer Ranged Assault Rifle System
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Cartridge: 5x56mm, 6.8 SPC, 7.92x45mm, .308, 5.45x39mm M74
Magazine: 20 or 30-round magazine (seen with 20-rounder)
Accuracy: High
Rate of fire: 750 rounds per minute (three-round burst, semi-automatic)
Range: 700-750 meters
Death is an art - but gunfighting isn't. You never arrived to battlefield to have fun. You arrived there to kick your OPFOR's ass, by any and all means. For this reason, you must make it quick. We offer you one of the most accurate, reliable, hard-hitting and the cheapest. You may watch your enemy die in a bloodbath, or you can take one silent, never-noticed shot at him without spilling any blood, or you can just make a punch-sized hole in that bastard's chest. Peace through superior firepower - Something that Turkish have mastered upon time.
EAR-84 LRARS - Sniper's accuracy, AR's compactness, two in one
Man bullpups are cool stuff. L85 is one of the coolest bullpups, too. I mean, look at it. Barrel of a sniper rifle, compactness of an assault rifle! Isn't that cool? But that is definitely not the coolest bullpup, simply because it isn't Boskord!
The EAR-84 is a new approach to the L85A3, currently used by the British army. It has a very long barrel, and very good accuracy and range characteristics, but it loses out on the compactness somewhat, when compared to other bullpups. Homever, that is a sacrifice, for the greater accuracy and range!
It is known to have three individual sets of rails. One long rail on the top, to mount optics and LAMs, one on the bottom to mount flashlights, foregrips and et cetera, and one tri-rail on the front to mount even more LAMs and flashlights. It has great performance all round, and it is known to be able to use a variety of rounds, including but not limited to! - .308, 6.8 SPC and 5.45x39mm M74. Unlike the L85A3 it is known to be a very, very reliable rifle even though it uses the forward assist system and some complicated stuff. That's because it's Boskord, dummy! If it's Boskord, why would it jam?!
It is known to be a much better alternative to the L85A3, and the Commonwealth is greatly interested in rifle. The US army also expressed that they might have to borrow a few for testing, and hopefully, adopt it as a secondary-purpose assault rifle. It may not have seen service for a lot of time, but trust me, you just might find yourself being shot by this gun very soon, Mr. Terrorist!
Our weapons are known to be made of cheap, easily-available and reliable material. With the swift, accurate and incredibly cheap power of the Boskord, you will rule the battlefield - All by the Turkish power!
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Looots of inspiration from the M82 of Killzone 3, and was also one of my concepts. Enjoy!
The thing you see was originally thought to be a flashlight, but I think that it might fit very well as a grenade launcher. Which would you prefer? Tell me about it!
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I might do a few modifications on this, such as a DMR and a carbine. No guarantees, though!
Credit goes to,
IRC crew, for helping me up in development,
Jaffaceksi, for the M203 trigger assembly.
Peebles Golf Club is a thriving club. It's short at just over 6100 yards off the medal tees but demands accuracy. A good short game is a must. It's always presented in excellent condition and is open all year round, weather permitting.
The Zinco typeface illustrated on this advertising card is listed in the MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan Company's Specimens of Printing Types (1892), p. 285.
The MacKellar Smiths and Jordan Company
Type founders, Sansom Street, Philadelphia.
Progressive and ambitious printers recognize the value of tasteful printing types. Our productions are unsurpassed for superior wearing quality, accuracy, and originality.
Zimco series, four sizes.
The Stealth Recon Scout is an adaptable bullpup marksman rifle designed for versatility and accuracy. It is the premier rifle of Desert Tactical Arms, aiming to compete with M16 variants such as the SR25. It sports a shorter overall length with the same barrel length thanks to its bullpup configuration, and is capable of being easily switched to a variety of different calibers, including .338 Lapua, .308 Winchester, and .260 Remington. A bolt-action system and floating barrel help maintain accuracy. The rifle is currently only being sold to police and military units, though a civilian version is planned.
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Credits:
insert_cool_name - scope
Dukeleto - bipod
Willy - Valkyrie Rifleworks workspace/text
With pinpoint accuracy and a gaze fixed in a pinnacle of concentration a bald eagle dives for its prey. Its tail feathers momentarily break the water’s surface with nary a splash or a wake. Overhead, it may make a pass or two, watching its mark and lining up an approach. Its goal it to pluck the fish from the river without entering the water. Occasional miscalculations can drop an eagle into the drink. Although I have seen an eagle fly away after being submerged, on most occasions they must use their wings to swim to shallow water, frequently with the fish still in tow. #BaldEagles
Damage 4225
Accuracy 62%
Handling 53%
Repair Time -4.2s
Fire Rate 3.25/s
Shots to Break ~32
MY LIFE FOR THE TWIN GODS!!
Keeps reloading from your backpack. Critical hits reduce heat and ricochet 3 bullets at the nearest enemy. The first 3 ricocheting bullets are critical hits as well and cause extra damage at the cost of health points.
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The unholy offspring of an illicit Jakobs/CoV love affair... and obviously inspired by Borderlands 3.
Done in PMG 0.6.
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I spent a great deal of time beating my friends in darts during graduate school. This image was taken with my nifty fifty at F1.7.
With pinpoint accuracy this helicopter is just one of many assisting ground crews with hot spots and aerial direction as to how the ground units can be most effectively utilized while staying safe.
March 2005
The beads in this necklace show the consistency, accuracy, and variability of Matrix Canes, one tangent in my repertoire of 'Cutting Edge' Peeler techniques. After almost a decade making traditional polymer clay cane patterns, I was looking for a more open-ended system, something that would liberate me from what I call "the tyranny of radial symmetry" and the patterns that flow from it: flowers, bullseyes, kaleidoscopes, etc. What I discovered was Matrix Canes, a new way to make patterns with my peeler that allowed intricacy but also circumvented the fisheye and barrel distortions that are typical in cylindrical and rectilyndrical cane reductions. No reduction meant no distortion. We debuted Matrix Canes as the second day curriculum of our first Cutting Edge workshop in San Diego in 2005, and we have continued to teach it since then.
In designing this necklace, instead of having each bead carry a single pattern, I designed a pattern sequence and then offset it, shifting 1/3 of each veneer to the left, so that each bead had two patterns. The beads were all constructed using my Draped Bead and Sponge Bezel techniques and are strung on black buna rubber cord. Snugly fitting black rubber o-rings flank each bead.
NEW RELEASE PL2016-M34
Dear clients, here comes a new member, PL2016-M34, our 5th. 1:6 scale seamless male figure body with stainless steel skeleton after its four seniors: PL2015-M30, PL2016-M31, PL2016-M32 and PL2016-M33, which are broadly acclaimed by clients all over the world.
PL2016-M34 stands 31cm, has the physique of an excellent body builder, being muscular in a very well-proportioned way, from its massive and bulging muscles, you feel its potent strength is eagerly waiting to be let out. Check out the pics to see and feel that for yourselves please.
If you ever had your hands on any of our first four models, then you know how
flexible/posable/durable they are, how the skin feels like and despite some
aspects to improve, how aesthetically beautiful and anatomically scientific the
bodies are. As mentioned above, the first four models have got loads of attention
and reviews, good and bad, we appreciate them all. They guide us the right direction to go. Combine that with our strong R&D and manufacturing strength, we could do better with higher efficiency.
If you’re new to our 1:6 scale seamless male figure body series, below is the basic info for you to get started:
PL2015-M30: very muscular, slightly shorter than the following models
PL2016-M31: quite muscular, tall
PL2016-M32: physique typical of Asian men, slim with very tight muscles
PL2016-M33: very muscular, tall
Similarities they share:
Boasting human-like skin texture, and being super flexible, posable and
durable. All enjoy great popularity with clients all over the world.
Detailed info:
Its internal skeleton armature is made from durable stainless steel to withstand playability without being easily damaged or corrupted. Each armature has 28 points of articulation, using ball-jointed system, for maximum flexibility and movement. Each joint is designed to move freely and consistently with 90% accuracy. With the slightest effort, this body is capable of making countless dynamic poses to imitate any posture of any character.
The stainless steel armature is wrapped with a non-toxic, environmentally friendly medical-grade material specially developed for Phicen bodies. The material features durable, anti-cracking qualities that are easy to clean, but not easy to stain or dye. Additionally, the skin texture is designed to deliver a tactile experience of real skin.
While built for playability, this Phicen seamless figure body is NOT a toy - it is a
sophisticated 1:6 scale model designed to realistically simulate the real human
by using superior materials and quality execution. Anatomically correct though,
it’s not designed to be a sex toy either. They are used in the aspects of character design, cos-play, modeling, photography, painting, anatomy, or simply figure collection.
NOTE:
These products include NO head sculpt.
They all come in suntan, the skin tone matches that of most head sculpts from other mainstream 1:6 scale action figure companies.
Part List:
1) M34 male super flexible seamless body with metal skeleton
2) interchangeable hands * 6pcs/3pairs
3) removable flat-heeled feet * 1pair
4) shorts * 1pc
5) wrist band * 1pair
6) ankle band * 1pair
7) Male genitalia * 5pcs
With as much book accuracy as I could muster. I also took the road less traveled with debatable issues like Legolas' hair colour and whether or not Aragorn and Boromir had beards, being of Númenórean blood (I did give Boromir a mustache, for various reasons).
Enjoy or whatever <3
EDIT:
Oh, here. Left to right starting at the back row:
Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Aragorn, Gandalf,
Pippin, Merry, Sam, Frodo.
Making its Olympic debut at Athens in 1896 with men's shooting being part of the first Games of the modern era and women's shooting being added at Los Angeles in 1984, shooting is a true test of accuracy. It demands intellectual and psychological skill rather than physical strength, with competitions won and lost by a matter of millimetres.
After about 6 months of work I finished my first, big scale model. My intention was (as probably most of us) to make the best MiG-29 model possible, if I succeeded is of course matter of opinion, but I think that it’s a pretty good one, especially from accuracy point of view. Big thanks to Ralph and Alex Stein for inspiration.
About model
This model is a 1:33 (Jack Stone scale, but I don’t have a minifig at the moment) presentation of real MiG-29 Fulcrum number 111, from Polish Air Force . As usual in Fulcrum, the biggest problem was making a working landing gear, but right now it’s fully workable in proper way. Among the features are: working vertical and horizontal stabilizers, flaps, air brake, air intakes blockades, turbostarter doors, opening canopy, and a few panels for ground personnel (although not as many as I wanted). It carries two R-27R missiles and two R-73 missiles. All stickers are hand made by me.
Something about PAF’s MiGs
History of Polish MiGs has a beginning in 1985. First talks with soviets took place between 23-26 October 1985 while planes were ordered in 1987- 9 Migs-29 version 9-12A and 3 Migs-29UB version 9-51A. 12 Polish pilots took part in training organized by soviets in 1989 and although it was rather fast and very demanding course, 6 of them were granted with instructors rights. First batch was delivered in July-August 1989 (planes #65, #66, #67, #70 and UB #15,#42 and #64) and second was delivered in October 1990 (planes #105,#108,#111,#114,#115). All planes were directed to serve in 1.PLM squadron from Mińsk Mazowiecki. First years were very difficult-all new pilots were trained by their more experienced colleagues without any help from Soviet Union, but after all on 13th January 1992, Polish MiGs for the first time started their watch in Polish air defense system. In July 1993, 1.PLM started long lasting cooperation with French 2eme EC squadron from Dijon (which were using Mirage 2000). It was first contact of our Fulcrums with NATO. In 1995 Poland got another 10 MiGs in exchange with Czech Republic for 11 PZL W-3 “Sokół” helicopters. This batch consisted of nine 9-12A planes (#38,#40,#54,#56,#59,#77,#83,#89 and #92) and one UB (#28). All of them were incorporated into 1.PLM. In 1996 for the first time, Polish MiGs took part in NATO training-“Cooperative Chance 96”. In 1997 our Fulcrums presented themselves during Royal International Air Tatoo in Faifford and trained with NATO forces during “Cooperating Banners 97”.Another, but much more secret presentation abroad took place in April/May 1997, when during 2 weeks period, 3 Polish MiGs (#105,#114,#115) were examined by Jewish pilots on Negev desert. Also in 1997, Poland organized its first NATO training- “Eagle Talon 97”. During next two years Poland and its air forces was preparing for being NATO member by extensive training during numerous exercises. In 1998 instructors from NATO’s Operational Procedures Harmonization Team gave a lecture about NATO’s tactics. On 19.O4.1999 Poland became part of NATO organization. Between 24th and 27th of May, Poland organized big NATO training “Ocelot 99”. In 2000, Polish pilots were training with instructors from Tactical Leadership Programme, to get NATO’s Combat Ready status. In 2001 1.PLM was reformed into 1.elt. As such, in 2001 1.elt took part in three big exercises: “Chopin 2001”, “Odax 2001” and “Sentry White Eagle”. Another big event was NATO Air Meet 2001, where 4 Polish pilots were rewarded for their abilities and professionalism. During next 5 years Polish Fulcrums trained around the Europe and in 2006 Polish pilots got their first mission-for three months they were protecting airspace of Lithuania ,Latvia and Estonia in an operation called “Orlik”. After this mission, commander of 1.elt ppłk.dypl.pil.Robert Cierniak got an Estonian medal:Distinguished Service Cross of EDF. In January of 2002, an agreement between Germany and Poland was reached. In effect, 22 German MiGs were delivered to Polish Air Force, for 1 euro per plane (God, I wish I got one for me). First planes came to Poland on 26.09.2003, last ones came on 04.08.2004. German Fulcrums, due to some changes made in Germany, were quite different from those used in 1.elt, so they were headed to another squadron-41.elt from Malbork. Not all of delivered planes qualified for service-some of them were used as spare parts magazines or donated to museums and army schools. (Qualified planes:#4116, #4111, #4118, #4101, #4113, #4103, #4104, #4120, #4121, #4122 and UBs #4110, #4115, #4105, #4123). Since beginnings of 2006 this unit is being used in air defence and took part in numerous NATO trainings. Today our MiGs are serving in Polish Air Force with F-16s, as most important parts of our air defence.
Unfortunately, after 22 years of intensive service, they’re still waiting for an upgrade. Between 1997 and 2005 big overhaul was conducted, all aircraft were re equipped to allow them safe operating in NATO air space and got new, individual camos , but no bigger modernizations took place. Right now there are about 30-32 Fulcrums in service(not sure of the exact number) and it seems that at least 16 of them will be used until 2029, so our pilots can only hope that they will see their beloved planes modernized soon.
#111
#111 was delivered in first batch from Soviet Union on 02.10.1990. It has been used in 1.elt from the beginning. On 04.06.2003 an overhaul in WZL-2 was finished and it got new camo, which can be seen until today (With small change in 2006). It’s one of three Polish Fulcrums to carry individual pilot’s marks-a black dragon and “Zugi” label can be seen under cockpit. This aircraft was used during “Orlik” mission what can also be seen on aircraft’s tail. This model represents a camo used after after 2006, so small differences between this one and that from my 1:58 scale model, can be seen.
This is a very early example of a lathe made by Richard Roberts of Manchester.
In 1816, after two years working with Henry Maudsley, Roberts moved to Manchester and established his own business. he had learned the importance of accuracy from Maudsley and took to his to new levels with his own machine tools.
Roberts was a highly-inventive engineer and inventor who led the way for production and precise engineering. He built a wide range of machine tools and also pioneered standard gauges. His designs contributed significantly to the process of mechanisation and his machine tools helped the growth of factories, the textile industry and the railways.
Lathes rotate a piece of metal or wood so that it can be shaped by a cutting tool. This lathe, powered by a foot-operated pedal, could work larger pieces of metal at greater speeds and with greater accuracy than ever before.
Lathes are the first recorded machine tools. Being able to make machine tools meant being able to make parts for other machines. Manchester led the world in creating machine tools by the mid-19th century.
This example is typical of Roberts' thoughtful approach to machine construction and is designed for turning shafts or similar components. Its remarkable solidity ensured accuracy under load.
Despite being considered a pioneer of modern mechanical mechanisms he lacked business sense and Roberts died in poverty.
Seen in the Making the Modern World Hall at the Science Museum, South Kensington.
Boskord Defense ={Colossi line}= Mark 95 Multiple Grenade Launcher, Lightweight Explosive Projectile Launcher System
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Cartridge: 20mm caseless grenades
Magazine: 4-round removable cylinder
Accuracy: High-Low (depends on range you're shooting)
Rate of fire: Semi-automatic
Range: 350-400 meters
Warfighting isn't easy business. There are many, many matters in your fight. One of these matters is the superiority. The most important rule of gunfighting is: Always win, cheat if necessary. NEVER give the enemy a fair fight. For this reason, we make you the toughest, heaviest, hardiest, deadliest weapons in the universe, in the best ways possible.
Mk.95 MGL LEPLS - One compact load of FUCK YOU
Grenade launchers are cool stuff, man. Who doesn't love blowing up things? Well, maybe those maggot hippies. But you? Of course you do love it! Then we have something for you!
The Mk.95 is one small grenade launcher. It was developed to blow up things, in whatever way you can imagine. It was developed to be an ''infantry grenade launcher'' - Compact, lightweight, but just as able.
It uses caseless 20mm grenades. It helps when you're busy reloading - There is no such thing as ''spent shell'' in there, and as such you don't have to remove one, and just insert the fresh one and continue your work! Even better, if you can't be arsed to insert the new rounds, you just remove the cylinder, and put the new one in! How cool is that?!
It also has a folding stock, which makes it quite compact when folded.
It is known to be a great all-round grenade launcher. Many nations love it!
Our weapons are known to be made of cheap, easily-available and reliable material. With the swift, accurate and incredibly cheap power of the Boskord, you will rule the battlefield - All by the Turkish power!
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First tried to do a magnum version of the Mateba MTR-8, then turned to this... I don't even... Anyways, enjoy!
I do realize that the stock isn't quite smooth but I really couldn't be arsed. I may try to fix it tomorrow.
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In the other news, it seems that I'm in love with skeletal stocks.